Great Waterbuffalo Horn

[george tichbourne]

I found some very interesting waterbuffalo horn a while back and made up a knife from it for one of my customers. Here is a scan of the knife with the pair of matched scales.

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george
www.tichbourneknives.com
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[Marcel J.B. Morin]

George:
Beautiful piece of horn and a beautiful knife overall.

Marcel

 

[george tichbourne]

Thanks. The horn came to me looking terrible on the surface but a light sanding and repolish revealed it's potential. Sometimes you gotta play around a bit and you get lucky...Usually nothing changes.


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george
www.tichbourneknives.com
sales@tichbourneknives.com

 

[UglyJim]

Very nice indeed, George. I've never seen water buffalo horn with such a beautiful gradient of color. In fact, I had been admiring this knife since it was first featured on your website and I was trying to guess what the handle material might be. Horn never even occurred to me...I had no idea it could turn out so nicely. Hmmmm...I'll have to give serious consideration to this material for future custom projects...

Jim

 

[jbravo]

An added benefit to water buffalo horn is that when it is scrapped off, the shavings make an excellent coagulant - stick them in a cut, and you'll stop bleeding asap.

 

[Gus Kalanzis]

Beautiful George. I agree with Jim. That has got to be the nicest buffalo horn I have seen bar none. Thanks for posting it.

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